Category: Marguerite Tonkin

  • Henbury Dynasties by Marguerite Tonkin

    We have plenty of stock of Marguerite’s third book about people and places in the Henbury area, This is available at £2.50 ea for collection locally or £5 postage free for a single copy. To order please complete and submit the form below [contact-form to=’tim.timparkinson@gmail.com’ subject=’Henbury Dynasties’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’No of […]

  • Tree planted to commemorate Marguerite Tonkin’s contribution to Henbury

    [nggallery id=7] On the lovely sunny morning of Sunday, March 9th 2014, a large group of Henbury Conservation Society members and three generations of the Tonkin family gathered in the green space not far from the Henbury Road ford to plant a fine oak (Quercus robur) sapling in Marguerite Tonkin’s memory. Chris Carroll, HCS chair, […]

  • Marguerite Tonkin: In Memoriam

    The death of Marguerite Tonkin on 6th August 2012 is a great loss to her family, friends and also to the Conservation Society, of which she was a staunch friend and supporter. Typical of her generosity of spirit was the fact that less than three weeks previously she invited thirty members of the Conservation Society […]